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One of the most popular Comedy Club Russia residents and Ambassador of the 16th FINA World Championships, Timur Batrutdinov, attended the FINA Water World Park, where he awarded the best volunteers of the day. Timur sat down for an interview to talk about sport’s place in his life, the challenges of becoming a Comedy Club resident or a professional athlete and his most memorable moments of the World Aquatics Championships.

Thousands of people will be able to see the live broadcast of a spectacular Closing Ceremony which will become a perfect culmination of the 16th FINA World Championships in Kazan.

Aleksandr Axenov, a water player of the Kazakhstan national team, received an individual award of the men’s water polo tournament at the 16th FINA World Championships in Kazan. Talking to the Press Office of Organising Committee, he said that he is impressed with the delivery of the aquatics tournament and really hopes that these competitions will be a starting point for the aquatics sports development in Russia.

Minister of Sport of Russia Vitaly Mutko met with the volunteer team of the 16th FINA World Championship in Kazan. Volunteers from the host city and twenty other partner regions of the Kazan 2015 volunteer programme asked the Minister about sports projects Russia might expect to host in the nearest future and in which direction the sports volunteering in the country will evolve.

The epicentre of fans' passions on the penultimate evening of the 2015 FINA World Championships was the Water Polo Arena, where the water polo tournament concluded its final match. The fiercest battle unfolded for the 1st and 2nd place among men's teams, where Team Serbia eventually ad the upper hand. Team USA was the leader in the pool at the Kazan Arena Stadium: Katie Ledecky set a new world record, just like the US swim team in the mixed relay.

The final match of the men's water polo tournament of the 16th FINA World Championships 2015 has just concluded. Trailing by two goals partway through the match, Serbia found the strength to come back and push for a major victory, which guaranteed them the tournament gold medal.

Serbian water polo player Dusko Pijetlovic was announced as the Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the men’s water polo tournament at the 16th FINA World Championships in Kazan.

The match for third place in the men's water polo tournament of the 16th FINA World Championships 2015 has just concluded. In a tense bout and the teams showing equal fight, Greece managed to defeat the Italian team only in a penalty shootout.